diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 5b5cdc747cef3c56efb1f64e9eb8a339b381d5b4..1d665f1c8f349cd41d88006515c7c95720fd68dc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -480,12 +480,10 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 			make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
 	}
 
+	inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+	inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
 	if (root->set_ownership)
 		root->set_ownership(head, table, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid);
-	else {
-		inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
-		inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
-	}
 
 	return inode;
 }